Help with C extensions under VC6 / WinXP and Python 2.4

[Fredrik Lundh]

Simon John wrote:

> What's the difference between ctypes, SWIG and SIP?
>
> I've used SWIG to "convert" C source to Python (as I believe SIP
> does?), so does ctypes wrap functions from binaries (e.g. DLL's)?

ctypes is a "runtime linker".  it generates bindings on the fly, at runtime,
and doesn't require a separate compilation step.

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